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29702

9,770 Population
93.4 square miles 104.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±3.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 40.4 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$28,475 ±$3,549 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: $27,406 ±$1,263
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$49,705 ±$5,406 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: $50,288 ±$2,291
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

16% ±3.8% (1,552  ±402) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 18.4% † 10,223 (±2.1% / ±1,136)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

27.3 minutes ±1 (99,415  ±12,760) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 25.1 560,455 (±2.1 / ±52,638)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

3,697 ±269 Number of households
  • the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 22,063 ±448
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.6 ±0.2 (9,770  ±959) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 2.5 55,513 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

9.5% ±8.4% (176  ±159) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 7.2% † 924 (±1.8% / ±228)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

4,280 ±254 Number of housing units
  • the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 25,150 ±46
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$126,600 ±$55,090 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: $142,000 † ±$15,173
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

13.4% ±6.1% (1,293  ±605.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 9.9% † 5,551 (±1.4% / ±790.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

84% ±5.5% (5,562  ±546) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 85.2% 33,071 (±3.2% / ±1,256.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
15% ±3% (992  ±213.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 18.4% 7,144 (±1.6% / ±628.3)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.3% ±1.7% (222  ±166) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 3.2% 1,788
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

8.4% ±2.6% (584  ±185) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Gaffney, SC Micro Area: 7.3% † 3,196 (±1.1% / ±462)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
584 Total veterans ±185 536 Male ±181 48 Female ±63

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